Should I Buy A Speed Twin?

Discussion in 'Triumph Twin Power' started by T100rider, Oct 27, 2019.

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  1. darkman

    darkman Crème de la Crème

    Oct 26, 2015
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    All that is needed is a decent pair of new shocks to transform the bike and set up the sag to your weight.
     
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  2. spcottie

    spcottie New Member

    Nov 11, 2019
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    You mean shock for rear?
    I will ask the dealer to set the shock at my weight if its possible to set them.

    I need to have good experience with it or I will miss it :(
    Thanks
     
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  3. darkman

    darkman Crème de la Crème

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    Yes, when i rode the bike on a demo i identified a pattering in the front end on fast corners so i was aware of it before buying the bike, i was going to do the forks as well but after fitting the new YSS rear shocks and fitting a one tooth bigger front sprocket that shortened the wheelbase 5mm and moving the bars forward i,m now pleased with the handling. The factory shocks are crap.
     
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  4. T100rider

    T100rider Member

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    There’s others on the forum that changed up the front and rear shocks. It doesn’t sound like a big job.
     
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  5. Milosz

    Milosz New Member

    Oct 18, 2019
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    Hi, did you change
    Hi,
    did you change risers to move bars forward? Which one did you use?
     
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  6. spcottie

    spcottie New Member

    Nov 11, 2019
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    Well I read some topic about changing shock and fork.

    the thing is that if I think about this the price of the speed twin with this change will be the same as a r9t even if I’m not sure about result on the Triumph. let’s say it’s my only negative point about that bike.

    that’s the reason why I came here .

    I searched on internet and find out that there is no way to change load of the fork.
    I want a bike to visit neighbor country riding cool but a bit sporty , I love my xsr900 for that impressive motor and great cycle.
    But let’s say I love the Triumph look and brake and probably with that bike I could slow down a bit my driving habit ;)
     
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  7. darkman

    darkman Crème de la Crème

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    I used some short straight risers from LSL.

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  8. T100rider

    T100rider Member

    Aug 29, 2019
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    Silver/Black was my first choice but the demo was too good of a deal so I dressed up the jet black model.

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